its can health by feasting on the caterpillars. but the tree itself is not helpless. over the centuries, it has developed a range of defense mechanisms, each bitten leaf consent warning signals to the neighboring leads in the form of volatile organic compounds that escape from where it's been bitten. the that induces the intact lead to secrete tenants that make them unpalatable, causing the intruders to lead. these signals can even a truck, natural predators to come and feed on the leaf, eating insects. the oak tree owes it resilience to the fact that it has constantly evolved over millions of years from a single species to now several 100 different species today. our english oh is also the result of this amazing genetic diversification. it is an integral part of the evolutionary change and will pass on to its descendants, the adaptations it has acquired during its own existence. this increases bio diversity and ensures the resilience of the forest in the face of environmental challenges the but the rapid changes brought about by h

now, this seems pretty obvious and it's happening, 3m and pat caterpillar -- caterpillar top toing the dow. 3m, that's a 3-year high, and caterpillar up 3.5%. 3m, which just boasted a double beat, may be known for its scotch tape, they have a segment that is used for infrastructure. with the broader market barreling higher, bitcoin, let's look at that, is marching above about, let's see, bitcoin about -- let me check on my, my chart because that's going a little wonky. $106,000. in fact, 106,895. so that's a nice move. we've got the s&p up three-quarters of a percent. and higher bond yields are unwinding from recent highs. the 10-year stands the at 4.573%. a week ago of it was at 4.8%. let's drill down on investing in this new era with the man on the finger of the pulse of the market's heart thanks to his massive vanek etf business. what is your gut reaction right now to the policies that we can't quite see very clearly? >> yeah. i think it's a little bit of a honey moon if here, liz. people are forgetting, i think a too, the big fundamental issues for this year. one is inflation. we c

and she said that sometimes she she thought of herself one of those caterpillars that she didn't know what compelled her to do her work. and she thought maybe maybe some the silkworms would never metamorphose and and do what they were meant to do and maybe she would would never complete the work that that she was meant to do but all she knew was she she had to keep it. and i think that's really cool. and i think that english translator is still kicking himself for not including letter. i don't i cannot explain. so you have also achieved a high level of in your own work to the perhaps aspiring science writers out there. what are your secrets? what's the what's writing process? a day in the life? do you sketch out what you're going to write in detail or do you just jump into the material and see where it leads you? a little of both. i think the the the advice i would give is to find out the time of day that for you and to work at that time of day and and try to protect it from from the busy work that all have to do, like. how do you evolve the structure of your story. and i also want to

. >> caterpillar is absolutely essential.nt, and we're going to have the investment, and the banks are going to be on the side of to doing these big infrastructure projects. and we need them. we talked about the bridges and tunnels and airports. charles: they sell a lot of equipment to china. counter-tariffs or retaliation, you're not too concerned about that? >> i'm not concerned because i have faith in the administration's hand thatting of tariffs and how it will work, and it's going to affect caterpillar, not in the way everyone expects which is why you want to be -- charles: bouncing off that 200-day moving average. we've got less than a minute to go. everyone we've spoke to today, rates. you can't talk about the markets without talking about these rates. they keep going up. you're saying we shouldn't be aggrade of a 5% 10-year yield with. why are we afraid of it in the fist place? >> because we've gotten spoiled with free money. but this was always standard, right? a mortgage was 7.5-8%. but right now at this moment it i

you say deere and and caterpillar are the place to be. >> i think so.e some increase in infrastructure ifivity. that will also -- productivity. that will also lead to increases in cap-x with the new administration coming in, the onshoring and deregulation. if we get more cap-, and, deere and caterpillar are areas that should be growing and have a good a place in your portfolio. charles: all right. good stuff, victoria. thank you, as always. >> see you soon. charles: see you with soon. already, so my next guest is eyeing three names driven by productivity, right? quality names with big upside potential. ken car/s on if is here, and he'll share them with us right after this. ♪ when a tough cough finds you on the go, a syrup would be... silly! woo! hey! try new robitussin soft chews. packed with the power of robitussin... in every bite. easy to take cough relief, anywhere. chew on relief, chew on a ♪ robitussin ♪ it's time to feed the dogs real food in the right amount. a healthy weight can help dogs live a longer and happier life. the farmer's dog makes w

mastercard, caterpillar, comcast and oracle. let me ask you about caterpillar.at a new high, it fed like out of left field. >> yeah. there's been a big push there, and i think a lot of it has to do with the fact that the administration coming in, there's a lot of cap-x potential that's coming whether it's in the energy space or onshoring for companies, you know, globally so that they don't have to pay tariffs. so i think they got a big boost. with earnings coming out next thursday, i might if wait until after earnings. you will probably get a little bit of a pullback because of the run that we've seen, and then you can start building that position. charles: comcast is intriguing to me as well. >> yeah. look, you know that we say the market is going to to move higher, but we also think there's going to be lot of volatility. so this gives you some defensive stability in your portfolio p. their broadband component that's the way -- base of their business is really strong on cash flow. you're only paying nine times earnings, and you're getting a 3.4% dividend. so it

jp morgan caterpillar, there's rotation from tech stocks. last year's winners and the 2023 winners in 2 2025 winners. it's not going always be the same things tax. not always be the leader. they have very high valuations right now. and hopes of fed rate cut kind of got squashed on friday with a strong jobs report. going to see producer price inflation on tuesday. we're going to see consumer price inflation on wednesday. second change things a little bit. but the 10 year treasury sits at 4.7 9% to euro money market. you're getting a pretty good rate of return. no need to move it into stocks thought investors are thinking right now and i guess banking stocks are getting ready to kickoff there. 4th quarter earning season. yeah. thanks for bringing that we are in that earnings calendar. so we're going see jp morgan bank of america, goldman sachs, couple others this week is the big 3 in my opinion. and they tell us how the consumers doing and they tell default on loans and credit cards and situations along those lines. so a lot of insight coming

to electric cars and space pictures, but has the politicaljudgment of a political judgment of a caterpillar have killed more than 200 people since thursday. the attacks have continued as qatar hosts indirect talks aimed at securing a ceasefire. israel says it's targeting hamas fighters and infrastructure. jonah fisher has the latest from jerusalem. the last few days have been devastating, even by this war�*s terrible standards. israel says this week and it struck more than 100 what it calls terror targets in gaza. one of those hit was the zood family home. destroyed by an israeli air strike on gaza city last night. this morning, they were looking for bodies. amar, a cousin, explains that the bodies of seven family members have been recovered. he says they're looking for four more, three of them children. israel is not allowing western journalists into gaza. it says its strikes this week and eliminated dozens of hamas terrorists. the gaza health ministry says more than 200 people have been killed and many more injured since thursday. not all of them are fighters. hidden but not forgotten, th

can i say your caterpillars coming down? but once you get here, you become a butterfly. and if you need to leave this place, at least you have just experienced. and so people out there that, you know, the, there is a place where you become what you want to become. and that's here. and there's a whole community that will support any idea that anybody have the my kids are you know, i don't, i don't have them right now or my associates a jury trial in alaska city alone. i can see my kids. so there, i mean, it is a seller and well, whenever, whenever i see my kids again, you know, when they asked me and asked, what were you doing this whole time? no, that's what i've been doing all the time. i'm is, i'm 11. i'm actually happier. you know, i, i can be who i am and i get judge bothers me. you know, uh right now i'm senior, the healy are, you know, and why would i leave and put myself in a spot where i'm going to be homeless there. right now. i'm homeless, i have a room for my food and the cabinets, you know, stuff that you drink, i have friends. good leader. we're based here.

during that time silkworm caterpillars. she didn't know what compelled her to do her work. the silkworms would never metamorphosis never do what they were meant to do and maybe she would never complete the work that she was meant to do but all she knew was that she had to keep at it. >> i think that's really cool. >> i think the english translator is still kicking himself by not including the bladder. i cannot explain it. what are your crsecrets what's your writing process a day in the life of do you sketch out what you're going to write in detail. find out the time of day that works for you and go to work at that time at a. and try to protect it from the busywork we all have to do like email. >> how did you evolve the structure of your story and i also want to ask about what inspired the chapter name? >>. >> at first the structure was good to be the women themselves each one was going to walk on stage and have her tory the reason i made that choice is because i had read all the interesting biographies of madam curie by which time i thought well, everybody knows that. is he

caterpillar, home depot, goldman sachs.rket weight, it's why the nasdaq is down 1.24% here in the early going. tech, communication, services all weaker. some of the usual suspects, the big winners last year, super micro down 6.5%, palintir, nvidia all weaker today. there is strength in the cyclical groups, energy is up strongly on the price of oil. materials, health care, industrials, financials and real estate are higher. take a look at treasuries. this has been one of the headwinds for stocks lately. we'll talk about global wields in a moment. the ten-year is elevated again, $477. the two-year is lower. the 30-year just below 5%. i mentioned energy stocks outperforming, up almost 2%. oil rallies to its highest level since july on a fresh wave of u.s. sanctions on russia's energy industry. we are 30 minutes into the trading session. nvidia, i mentioned, shares falling after the biden administration announced new restrictions on ai chips. those new regulations will cap the number of ai chips that can be exported to most cou

microsoft, nvidia, amazon, goldman and caterpillar are dow stocks.together 180 points in the dow up over 300 total. a huge winter storm to the midwest 61 million are under winter weather alert. "fox weather" britta merwin in philadelphia. what is it like there? >> it is cold it is very cold but that's part of the recipe. in the northeast we know how cold is been this past weekend. the only way of getting snow up and down the 95 quarter is having cold air ahead of the actual storm. in downtown philadelphia the art museum behind me the rocky steps. we are under winter weather advisory executive be philadelphia's biggest warm will get a couple inches of snow what is the biggest know of the season. south of us that is a different deal with a winter storm warning in effect. d.c. cannot one of the biggest nose in quite some time and icy roads are making for treacherous travel pretty for flying in and out of the northeast call ahead we see struggles at the airport that's likely going to continue in the roads will be tough. if you think it's cold the cold ai

stuart: look at dow for a second, up nearly 400 points and united health, caterpillar, home depot, 3mw stocks and all up sharply and taken together, they account for 245 points for the dow's 400 point gain. transformed to dais for crews at eaton fire. what are the first responders doing today to guard against the new wind threat? reporter: hey, stu. fire fighters finished up with the morning briefing and they're going to be spread out around the eaton fire and getting down to fire fighting work and expecting winds upwards ward of 60 miles per hour and seeing strong wind gusts and down to the south of us in san diego county and that's where fires have popped up but the good news is that there's so many fire fighting resources here across the state and country they're jumping on the flames. meanwhile here at rose bowl, it's kind of a surreal sight, a surreal scene here. statue of jackie robinson and iconic images and places where you might be used to tailgating for big sporting events and all around us are fire fighters set up sleeping in tents and this is a city that's been set up for

caterpillar adding the most points on hopes for a renewed infrastructure push from president trump. boeing rebounding, as well. >>> we have got a lot to do, but we are going to lead with president trump, moving quickly with his pen. signing a number of executive orders into law on his first day. and some of them have to do with energy. cars, and your money. there's a lot to do, but the big thing with energy, trump issuing what he is calling a national energy emergency. he put on an executive order that he calls, unleash american energy. on a macro level, all these executive levels are trying to do one thing, that is promote more oil and gas and mineral development all related to energy. they are designed to stop or severely slow what trump views as things that we don't need, specifically more off-shore wind power or electric car subsidies. we can debate that all we want, and we will. but let's blast through system of these headlines. first up, the two main executive orders try to force government agencies to help what they think is promote the development of things related to oil, g

monday, ty woke up everything economically sensitive from parker hannifin to the united rentals to caterpillar and dear. i think it really is a driving force. the other side of the equation that i think is so important, look at the reaction in the big banks. from citigroup to goldman and jpmorgan. these are new year highs. i've never seen a bad market when you have good gross markets working. be, big banks and financials kicking but and going to new highs. that is what you got last week of very heavy volume. charles: speaking of volume. look at this by. this is a huge spike. for the most part, you have to go back a long way. money is pouring into these banks. this is what we like. i know you own a lot of the banks. let's talk a little bit about what is on your radar. by the way, christmas time, everybody wants these apple computers, i hate going to the apple store. i am walking and there is a long line. i get around the corner was not a line for apple. it was a line for uggs. forget about it. >> these two stocks, and there are others that have some in common. great relative strength in the mar

senior care you need at care.com .stuart: there are a few big winners among the dow 30 unitedhealth, caterpillarely, the three combine the hud 224 points to the dow. in other words if it weren't for those three stocks the dow would be negative and in the red there setting some of the losses from big tech, look at them go down apple is up $5, nvidia down three, microsoft $4.15. the mayor of los angeles criticized for being out of the country when the fire broke out three years ago she promised to cut back on the world travel so she could focus on the city. however, she's been out of the country five times including the visit last week to going to. brian brenberg whitley what do you think of the mayor's response to the fire. >> that's the piece of it like it's me, she said she wasn't going to leave and she did she not only said that but she left at a time when you don't to be of urologist to know this is when the wind blows in the fire danger is greatest and she's in africa, the response is tough there's all sorts of pieces. if you're the mayor and you know this is the biggest meteorological risk

goldman sachs, american express, caterpillar, microsoft, home depot are all dow stocks, add them together are all up adding 480 points to the dow industrials. the santa ana wi winds gusts expected to reach 70 miles per hour and firefighters worry the wind spreads embers from the palisades fires. max gorden joins us from malibu. what are firefighters trying to do to stop the spread? reporter: hey there, stu. it's all about suring up those containment lines around the fire. we've seen an increase in containment on both the palisades and eaton fires and over the past day and a half we haven't seen any additional acreage added to these fires, so this is very good news, but we are dealing with a very dangerous situation down here in southern border with extreme fire weather very dry conditions and very strong winds. winds of between 45 to 70 miles per hour, and the winds have been picking up over the past hour and a half or so. now, i do want to show you this , because this is ongoing here, along the pacific coast highway. there's construction going on at all hours as workers now try to get ga

. >> from fashion if from the old caterpillar.ove and i think you're part of it and i would stale there. let's go mike in oregon. mike. >> the club member and second time caller. >> yes i'll be sure to be on that call on thursday, please, thank you. >> will do. i would like to thank you for all you do for investors and helping me retire three years earlier than i planned. >> congratulations to you, thank you. >> thank you. jim last month i swapped out of my position in stanley black and decker to start a position in home depot to reduce my tariff exposure. i've always been increasing my position on honey well and i'm now light on industrials. i've been thinking about adding to my position on dover but have been reluctant to my cost bases. is dover still a buy here? >> wow, yeah. i'm preparing my talk on thursday and i'm still including dover as a buy. i understand the trim on honey well, we did the same thing today. i'm not going give away on black and decker because i think the rebuild is going to help them. i think dover is ant

let's have a look at the dow winners, plenty of them. 3m, caterpillar, amazon, boeing and cisco.ners are moderna, charles schwab, intel, 3m, palo alto networks. nasdaq winners headed by moderna, intel, palo alto, warn brothers and alphabet-google. the all-time high, over $200 a share. >>> coming up, some members of the media are losing their minds about big tech ceos showing up for trump's inaugust a ration. ing look at this. >> how is this happening? why are people with tons of money up on the dais with cabinet nominees and family members? [laughter] stuart: that's msnbc. they're apoplectic about so-called oligarchy. goodness gracious. we're going to the that take that on. >>> donald trump says there's a national emergency at our southern border, and he's taking action right away. >> all illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came. if. stuart: border sheriff thaddeus cleveland will tell us if the flow has already slowed. the sheriff is next. ♪ ♪ [city noise]

caterpillar on the upside to the tune of $5. >>> the california fires have burned nearly 40,000 acresi know, i know more people in the palisades -- i've lived here my whole life -- that have lost their homes than that still have their homes. everybody i know. stuart: my next guest says this disaster has exposed the true cost of extreme progressive policies. the "wall street journal"'s allysia finley makes her case after this. ♪ ♪ where ya headed? susan: where am i headed? am i just gonna take what the markets gives me? no. i can do some research. ya know, that's backed by j.p. morgan's leading strategists like us. when you want to invest with more confidence... the answer is j.p. morgan wealth management your loved ones are getting older, and they need your support. care.com is here to help. it's an easy way to find background-checked senior caregivers in your area. and some piece of mind. see why millions of families have trusted care. go to care.com now morikawa on 18. he is really boxed in here. not a good spot. off the comcast business van. into the vending area. oh, not the fries

thursday morning starts with caterpillar, which is conference call stock, meaning you can't make a decision until you hear the call because that's where you learn about the future. i think the stocks had an amazing run, but that's no longer a cyclical. it's a secular grower because ceo jim umpleby has maneuvered his business into more consistent end markets. i said this yesterday at the beginning of the cnbc investing club conference call. after the close, we have the most widely anticipated disappointment that i've ever seen. i'm about to be facetious. i want you to hear this. it's facetious, but here's what we're going to hear. let's see. we have horrendous chinese cell phone orders. no lift from new ai, a surprising slowdown in service revenues, lackluster vision pro sales, and of course, a radical chop to the forecast for the rest of the year, all way below the consensus there. that's everything i've heard about apple. apple for the last two weeks. i just hear endless since the year began. i just keep hearing that over and over again. but if everyone knows it's going to be worse than ex

caterpillar also higher. optimism surrounding new power plants for i and deere. 3% higher hitting an all time high today. can these industrial sized gains hold? now remind me, karen, you have an industrial in your acronym, but i can't seem to remember which one. >> because it doesn't line up with the name of. >> the company. right, exactly. >> well, let's say you were to rent equipment. >> what do you. >> think the letter would be? >> you are i. >> all right? call it what you will. still you or i. they report. >> next week. i think they'll have a good quarter. >> more importantly, they announced what i think is a very good acquisition for them a week or two ago. at&t equipment. i still like it. >> who is that? >> the old chart. the technician. >> used to come. >> louise yamada. >> and what she used to say. >> dan the. >> longer the bass, higher. >> in space. >> if our crack staff and ek can put up a chart of deere and company, formerly john deere, you'll see the base of john deere for quite some time now for

mcdonald's yesterday, meta, walmart, tractor supply, john deere, caterpillar, boeing and the list will everyone wants politics out of corporate america. all we really taking politics out or just repressing it with a different kind of politics? there's a difference. the way that congressman french hill was talking about, getting politics out of the boardroom and out of corporate america, out of human resource departments, i'm on board with that. most people are. are we just replacing it with a different kind of politics? lisa: honestly, we don't know the answer. how do you define what politics is a lot of it has to come down the policies that go to the heart of how business operates? it is a very narrow line. jonathan: five huge story for corporate america and will be for several years. coming up, jason thomas on the fed's definition of restrictive monetary policy. this is bloomberg. ♪ jonathan: equity futures on the s&p are positive, up close to 11%. two hours away to the cash open. here's manus cranny. manas: las vegas had something for everybody, from the jacket that jensen wore to t

manufacturing company came together to start caterpillar. from their fast-track tractors pull haring vesters in california's fields to autonomous engines they produce today, caterpillar has shaped how he work, live and connect in. texas, where we pride ourselves on dreaming big and building bigger, caterpillar's role is front and center. their equipment helps pave the roads, build the bridges and support the energy projects that power not just our state but the entire country. they are not just part of the texas story, they're helping write it. a company that's built our entire nation could be located anywhere but they're located in texas. as caterpillar celebrates 100 year i want to extend my congratulations to their team for all they've accomplished to help our communities and country thrive. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker p